American Law in the Age of Hypercapitalism: The Worker, the Family, and the State

by Ruth Colker

Book Overview

Since the fall of communism, laissez-faire capitalism has experienced renewed popularity. Flush with victory, the United States has embraced a particularly narrow and single-minded definition of capitalism and aggressively exported it worldwide. The defining trait of this brand of capitalism is an unwavering reverence for the icons of the market. Although promoted as a laissez-faire form of capitalism, it actually reflects the very evils of selfishness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081471563X
• ISBN13: 9780814715635
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"